Revolving images and multi-image keys open new horizons in descriptive taxonomyA paper recently published in the open access journal ZooKeys presents an innovative case study aiming to overcome the challenges faced by taxonomists in describing complex structures essential for species description ...http://results.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/pp-ria090213.php- 49.1KB - Public Press Releases

Six new Dracula ants from Madagascar: Minor workers become queens in MystriumEntomologists in California Academy of Sciences have discovered six new species of Dracula ants from Madagascar and its surrounding islands. They suggest the small, wingless queens of the genus Mystrium are modified ...http://results.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-03/pp-snd032814.php- 50.0KB - Public Press Releases

The cyber-centipede: From Linnaeus to big dataThe rates of extinction have lent urgency to the description of new species, but what is the point of names without meaningful data? A new study published in the Biodiversity Data Journal presents an innovative holistic ...http://results.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/pp-tcf102513.php- 50.5KB - Public Press Releases

Biodiversity exploration in the 3-D eraA group of marine biologists from the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research in Crete are testing computed tomography as a tool to accurately document the anatomy of biological specimens. The resulting 3-D models can be ...http://results.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/pp-bei020413.php- 48.5KB - Public Press Releases

The cyber-centipede: From Linnaeus to big dataWhile acknowledging the necessity of fast descriptions, the authors of the new study present the otherhttp://results.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/bs-tcf102813.php- 47.6KB - Public Press Releases

Your small living creature shoots may benefit big sciencePopularity of digital photography of small living creatures (nature macro photography), together with the extended use of internet, has motivated the implementation of photosharing websites in which thousands of ...http://results.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/pp-ysl073013.php- 48.4KB - Public Press Releases

The peculiar life history of Middle American Stenamma antsA recent revision of the Middle American clade of the ant genus Stenamma provides the description of 40 species, 33 of which are recognized as new to science. The extensive study, published in the open access journal ...http://results.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/pp-tpl042513.php- 48.7KB - Public Press Releases